Gundalow, 329. Gutters of houses, 9. Hackling. See Hetcheling. Hadley, shad in, 123-124; potatoes in, 144; broom-making in, 256-257; restrictions of settlement in, 392-393; hay-ward in, 402. Hakes, 53. Half-faced camp, 3. Hammond, John, quoted, 395. Hamor, Ralph, quoted, 143. Hancock House, knocker of, 28; on sampler, 268. Hancock, John, hatred of pewter, 85; drinking cup of, 97; dress of, 293. Hand-distaff. See Distaff. Hand-loom. See Loom. Hand-reel. See Niddy-noddy. Hap-harlot, 242. Harness. See Heddle. Harvard College, standing salt of, 78-79; trenchers at, 81. Hasty pudding, 135. Hats, worn in meeting, 285; church votes about, 286. Hay-wards, 402. Heddle of loom, 219. Heddle-frame. See Tape-loom. Heel-pegs. See Shoe-pegs. Hemlock, brooms of, 304-305; boxes of, 310. Hemp, blossom of, 167; breaking of, 169. Herding, of cows, 399-401; of sheep, 401; of swine, 403. Hetcheling of flax, 172. Hexe, of flax, 169. Hides, use of, 109; tax on, 109. Higginson, quoted, 33, 35, 117, 148. Hind's-foot handle, 90. Hinges, material of, 9, 318. Hingham, church at, 365. Hogarth, loom of, 213-214. Hogs, as scavengers, 125; yokes of, 311; laws about, 402-403. Hog-reeves, 402-403. Homespun industries, 167; beneficent effect of, 179; foundation of liberty, 189. Hominy, 131. Honey, plenty of, 111. Honey-locust, 163. Horn, spoons of, 88; cups of, 96; as summons to meeting, 368. Horse-blocks, in front of churches, 367. Horse-bridges, 331. Horse-laurel, as dye, 194. Hose. See Stockings. Hospitality, in Southern colonies, 395 _et seq._ Hound handle, 100. Hour-glass, in meeting, 376. Housekeeper, qualifications of, 252-253. House pie, 146. House-raising. See Raising. Hyperion tea, 165. India china, 100. Indians, houses of, 3-4; caves of, 138; corn dances of, 138; cultivation of corn by, 126-131; endurance of, 137; mode of cooking corn, 131-135; names of corn foods, 131-137; mode of drying pumpkins, 143; spoons of, 88; mode of cooking beans, 145; brooms of, 301-304; four best things, 304; modes of travel of, 325; boats of, 325; paths of, 329-330. Indian corn. See Corn. Indian pudding, 135. Indigo, as dye, 193. Inns. See Taverns. Invention, of cotton-gin, 208; of fly-shuttle, 228; of spinning-jenny, 229; of throstle-spun yarn, 229; of combing-machine, 230; of flax-spinning machine, 230-231. Ipswich, grist-mill at, 133. Iris, as dye, 193. Itineracies, old-time, 176, 300-301. Jack-knife, 307-308. Jacks, 64. James I. on fishing, 116. Jamestown, spinning-schools at, 182; summons to meeting at, 367. Jeans, 250. Jefferson, Thomas, quoted, 207, 256; hospitality of, 397; impoverishment of, 397-398. Jewellery, slight wear of, 297. Johnson, quoted, 143, 145, 188. Johnson, Governor, baby clothes of, 265. Johnny-cakes, 135. Josselyn, quoted, 117; his list of plants in New England, 432 _et seq._